Background
Criminale, William Oliver was born on November 29, 1933 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of William Oliver and Vivian Gertrude (Sketoe) Criminale.
Criminale, William Oliver was born on November 29, 1933 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of William Oliver and Vivian Gertrude (Sketoe) Criminale.
Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1955; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1960.
Assistant professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1962-1968;
associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1968-1973;
professor oceanography, geophysics, applied mathematics, U. Washington, since 1973;
department chairman applied mathematics, U. Washington, 1976-1984. Consultant Aerospace Corporation, 1963-1965, Boeing Corporation, 1968-1972, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, 1967-1968, Lenox Hill Hospital, 1967-1968, International Council of Associations for Science Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley, since 1990. Guest professor, Canada, 1965, France, 1967-1968, Germany, 1973-1974, Sweden, 1973-1974, Scotland, 1985, 89, 91, England, 1990, 91, Stanford, 1990, Brazil, 1992, Italy, 1999.
National Academy exchange scientist, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1969, 72.
Served with United States Army, 1961-1962. Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Federation American Scientists.
Married Ulrike Irmgard Wegner, June 7, 1962. Children: Martin Oliver, Lucca.